Color Terms, Tools, And More

About this course

In this course, you will learn color terminology, the basics of color theory, and how to communicate color information with your team.

If you are analyzing or designing a product or website, then you are working with color. Making color choices can be unconscious or intentional, depending on how much thought you put into them. Identifying colors that will create a great user experience can be a daunting task, especially if you don’t have the vocabulary to communicate about color with your UX team members. When you learn color terminology you will be better able to communicate your color design intentions.

You will learn:

The challenges involved with naming colors

The difference between the additive and subtractive color systems

How pigment color is different than digital color

How monochromatic color schemes are built

The definition of tints, tones, and shades and how to create them

How the Adobe Color Picker and Paletton help build color schemes

and much, much more!

You have unlimited access to all the lessons 24 hours a day, for as long as you want or need them, so you can take the course at your own pace and go back to review any materials any time you want. All of our courses have quizzes, as well as exercises that you can send in for feedback from the instructor.

Start your journey to become a color expert. Click the Purchase button at the top of this page and get started now.

People who work with user experience designers who have had considerable formal art training

About the Instructor: Professor Katie Stern, MFA

Katie Stern has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in 2D Design and Computer Graphics, and an MFA degree in Graphics. She is a Professor of Human-Technology Interaction at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has over 20 years’ experience teaching computer graphics, visual design, and psychology research methods to art and user experience students.

Katie Stern is the author of Photo 1: An Introduction to the Art of Photography and offers conference presentations and online consulting through her company, TrainingUX. Professor Stern draws on her knowledge of user experience and visual design for conference presentations and when advising clients in website and technical product design.

In this course, you will learn color terminology, the basics of color theory, and how to communicate color information with your team.

If you are analyzing or designing a product or website, then you are working with color. Making color choices can be unconscious or intentional, depending on how much thought you put into them. Identifying colors that will create a great user experience can be a daunting task, especially if you don’t have the vocabulary to communicate about color with your UX team members. When you learn color terminology you will be better able to communicate your color design intentions.

You will learn:

The challenges involved with naming colors

The difference between the additive and subtractive color systems

How pigment color is different than digital color

How monochromatic color schemes are built

The definition of tints, tones, and shades and how to create them

How the Adobe Color Picker and Paletton help build color schemes

and much, much more!

You have unlimited access to all the lessons 24 hours a day, for as long as you want or need them, so you can take the course at your own pace and go back to review any materials any time you want. All of our courses have quizzes, as well as exercises that you can send in for feedback from the instructor.

Start your journey to become a color expert. Click the Purchase button at the top of this page and get started now.

People who work with user experience designers who have had considerable formal art training

About the Instructor: Professor Katie Stern, MFA

Katie Stern has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in 2D Design and Computer Graphics, and an MFA degree in Graphics. She is a Professor of Human-Technology Interaction at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has over 20 years’ experience teaching computer graphics, visual design, and psychology research methods to art and user experience students.

Katie Stern is the author of Photo 1: An Introduction to the Art of Photography and offers conference presentations and online consulting through her company, TrainingUX. Professor Stern draws on her knowledge of user experience and visual design for conference presentations and when advising clients in website and technical product design.